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Affiliate Marketing Tips - Are You Advertising Through Cement?

October 30, 2008

Strange title, I know. And if you’re sitting there scratching your head, wondering what the heck I’m talking about, don’t worry. By the time you are done reading this article, you’ll know exactly what I mean. Way too many affiliate marketers do just that…advertise through cement and then they wonder why they can’t make any sales. Well, I’m going to show you what you’re doing wrong so that you don’t do it anymore. Fair enough? Okay, then let’s begin.

First, we need to define what I mean by advertising through cement. Well, let’s use the actual cement as an analogy. Let’s say you have to knock down a cement wall in your home because you want to add a new room. What are you going to knock it down with? If you went to your kitchen drawer and took out a screwdriver, how long do you think it would take to knock down that wall, IF you even COULD knock it down? Let’s face it, you can’t knock down a cement wall with a screwdriver.

Okay, but where are we trying to do this when it comes to our advertising? Well, here’s one example. Let’s say you’re an affiliate marketer in the make money online niche. Now, I don’t know if you’re aware of this or not, but this niche is very competitive. If you were to use pay per click advertising for this niche, you’d have to pay $1 per click just to get on page one. Now, since you’re only promoting a $47 product, there is no way you can pay that much per click. You’d go broke. So you pay less to get on page three let’s say. Problem is, nobody sees your ad. You’re advertising through cement and nobody knows you’re on the other side of that wall.

This is just one of the many reasons why so many affiliate marketers fail. They use advertising methods that either don’t work, or are so darn expensive for their niche that they either go broke making sales or they don’t get any traffic at all because their ads aren’t being seen. You’re fighting a losing battle if you’re doing this.

So make sure your advertising efforts aren’t being wasted or at least come prepared with the right tools to break through that cement.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim

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